Floor-tile.



H. N. WILL.

FLOOR TILE. APPLICATION FILED nEc.1o.1914.

1,Q25,908, Patented May 15, 1917.

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HENRY N. WILL, OF ELMI-IURST, NEW YORK, ASSIGNGR TO NON-SLIP TILE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A C'ORPGBA'IION OF NEW JERSEY.

FLOOR-TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 10, 1914. Serial No. 876,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY N. .VILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmhurst, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Floor-Tiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in floor tiling of the type defined in my pending application for patent, Serial #730,108, filed November 7th, 1912 and resides in the provision of a tile vhich is formed with a socket to receive granular material and a binder so that an anti-slipping and anti wear portion is provided, the socket being of such formation as to prevent the antislipping portion from becoming deranged relative thereto or the tile being chipped about the edge of the socket.

Another object is to provide a tile of the character described that will prove ex tremely durable, prevent slipping and which is inexpensive to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is top plan view of proved tile,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the tile showing the antislipping and anti-wear portion removed, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the tile showing it assembled.

Referring to the drawings by reference, 1 designates as an entirety my improved tile that is formed with a central socket 2 in one face thereof, which socket extends for a distance equivalent to approximately half the width of the tile. This socket 2 may be of any desired shape and the side walls 3 thereof which extend from the open side of the socket inwardly a distance equivalent to approximately half the depth of the socket,

my imare downwardly and inwardly inclined. The socket is reduced from the lower edges of the inclined side walls 3 and forms flange or shelf 4;. The reduced portion of the socket has its side walls inclined upwardly and inwardly as at 6, or in other words is dove-tailed.

An anti-slippin and wear portion 7 is carried by the tile within the socket 2 thereof and said portion comprises a suitable granular substance of durable quality, for example, carbcrundum or emery. The granular substance is placed in granular form in the socket and a binder of suitable cement mixed therewith. These two elements form a plastic substance that is a ranged to completely fill the socket 2 and extend slightly above the plane of the upper face of the tile 1 so as to provide a tread portion for the tile. In other words, the anti-slipping portion 7 is formed with convex outer face. The binder secures the granular substance within the socket 2 and unites the granular material as well thus producing a wear resisting anti-slipping portion for the tile that is firmly held in place owing to the peculiar formation of the socket.

After the binder has hardened a solid anti-slipping portion 7 is provided and the inclined side walls 6 of the reduced portion 5 being inclined prevent the anti-slipping portion from being dislodged or deranged relative to the tile. The larger part of the socket has sufficiently great supporting area for the anti-slipping portion 7 to obviate possibility of cracking of the tile when the anti-slipping portion is subjected to great pressure.

The side walls 3 in being inclined clownwardly and inwardly receive the strain placed upon the anti-slipping portion at an angle and thus chipping of the edges of the socket is obviated. The smaller inner or lower portion of the socket leaves a .table surrounding the sub-cavity and adapted to support the plastic material.

The floor tile may be either vitrified, encaustic, glass, or any other so called floor tile. 105

The peculiar formation of the socket is of such construction as to prevent not only the antislipping portion from becoming deranged relative thereto, but to prevent the tile itself from being chipped about the edge of the socket. lThe provision of the vertical or outwardly flaring walls of the socket prevents the chipping of the socket in a material which is brittle and liable to chipping where the socket edge is overhanging.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in theabove description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as claimed.

What is claimed is 1. A tread for either vitrified, encaustic or glass floor tiles comprising a base block having a socket formed therein, said socket being reduced at its lower portion, the walls of the upper portion of the socket being inclined downwardly and inwardly, the walls of the reduced portion of the socket being inclined upwardly and inwardly forming a dove-tail, and a rough filler mounted within the socket, the upper portion of said socket forming a tread portion and the reduced portion a retaining means for the rough filler.

2. The combination with a floor tile either vitrified, encaustic, glass or any other socalled floor tile, its upper face, said socket being reduced at its inner end, said reduced portion equal in Copies of this patent may be obtained for having a socket formed in five cents each,

depth to approximately half the depth of the socket, the unreduced portion of the socket having its side walls inclined upwardly and outwardly and a rough filler mounted within the socket and secured to the side walls thereof.

3. The combination with a floor tile either vitrified, encaustic, glass or any other socalled floor tile having a socket opening out through its upper face, said socket being formed of less width at its inner portion than at its outer portion, the inner portion leaving a table located at a point between .the upper face of the floor tile and the bottom of. the socket of plastic material placed within the socket and forming a tread surface for the tile, said plastic material being supported by said table.

4-. A composite tile consisting of an encaustic or other suitable body, provided with an opening or cavity in its upper surface the sides of which are substantially vertical and a sub-cavity smaller than the first cavity leaving a table surrounding the sub-cavity; the sides of the sub-cavity being under the said table, thereby anchorage for the insert, and a table for the edges of the insert to rest upon; the said cavities being filled with a non-slipping material substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY N. WILL.

Witnesses:

CLARA SDI-IL, PATRICK H. MCGIEHAN.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

